No matter how hard everyone involved in a film tries to make it great, things can still go awry. For that reason, there are so many bad movies released annually that the Razzie Awards were created to celebrate the worst films of the year. Despite that, the vast majority of awful movies that get released are quickly forgotten by just about everyone.
When it comes to 2004’s Catwoman from the DC universe, the movie was so bad that it has gone down in history as one of the worst movies ever made even though Halle Berry made a fortune from the film. In fact, the only thing that most people find enjoyable about Catwoman is reading some of the many reviews that eviscerated the film.
10 The Chicago Reader Defended Catwoman The Character’s Honor By Calling Out The Movie
In the years since Batman fans were first introduced to Catwoman in the comics, the character has become extremely popular. For that reason, a lot of people care about Catwoman as a character and want anyone who adapts her for the big or little screen to do it right. Evidently one of those people, Chicago Reader’s Noah Berlatsky defended the Catwoman character’s honor in his review. “Obviously, no one involved in this disaster cares anything at all about Catwoman.”
9 The Wall Street Journal Calls “Nonsense” When It Comes To Catwoman
When most people think about The Wall Street Journal, it is the publication’s financial advice that comes to mind. Despite that, The Wall Street Journal has also become a respected source for movie write ups and when Joe Morgenstern tackled the film for the publication, he become one of many notable reviewers who summed up how bad Catwoman is. “Catwoman's director, a visual-effects specialist named Pitof, is not contained by the rules of filmmaking. Scenes that make sense? Nonsense. Characters with inner lives? Utterly passe.”
8 AV Club Pointed Out That Catwoman Even Failed At Being Sexy
Throughout her life, Halle Berry has been able to send people’s libidos into overdrive at a moment’s notice. Despite that, when AV Club’s Keith Phillips reviewed Catwoman, he pointed out that the movie even failed to make her character sexy. “Relentlessly gaudy and in love with its PG-13 approximation of kink, Catwoman is essentially an excuse to pose Berry in ever-skimpier outfits. It's all too pre-fab to register as sexy, though, and even the fight scenes look like fashion shoots.”
7 Empire Magazine Called Out Catwoman’s “Shallow And “Dull” Characters
At the end of the day, most movies fail or succeed based on whether or not moviegoers connect to the film’s characters. On top of that, comic book movies and action flicks need to contain compelling action scenes. Sadly, Empire Magazine’s Roberto Sadovski rightly points out that Catwoman fails in both of those categories. “This is only worth seeing if you can handle shallow characters and dull, plastic action scenes for the sake of unintentional laughs.”
6 BBC.com Called Catwoman “Trash”
When Batman & Robin came out in 1997, almost everyone hated the movie. In the years since then, Batman & Robin continues to be mocked at every turn but some people have embraced how campy it is. Unfortunately for BBC.com’s Nev Pierce, their attempt to enjoy Catwoman as camp utterly failed. “For about 40 minutes Catwoman is campy, trashy and fun. Then it's just trash: dull and depressingly empty.”
5 Observer Warned That Catwoman Makes Viewers Less Intelligent
In life, people sometimes go through experiences that they call life-changing. In an ideal world, all of those experiences would result in positive change but according to Observers’ Rex Reed, watching Catwoman makes viewers less intelligent. “The kind of movie that almost guarantees the loss of a few I.Q. points.”
4 The Times UK Wouldn’t Even Subject A Rodent To Catwoman
For a very long time, lots of products that are designed for human use have been tested on rats first. While a lot of people find that fact disturbing, it is still clear that testing dangerous products on rodents is common practice. Despite that, The Times UK’s James Christopher implied that Catwoman is too terrible to inflict on a rodent. “A thriller you wouldn't inflict on a laboratory rat.” No wonder Halle Berry won a Razzie Award for worst actress for Catwoman.
3 Richard Roeper Questioned If Catwoman Was A Movie At All
If most people were asked to describe Halle Berry’s Catwoman, the word movie would likely be one of the first things they say. According to the famous reviewer Richard Roeper, however, it is very questionable if Catwoman is a movie at all. “This is barely a film -- it's more like a music video-slash- TV-commercial- slash-computer game.”
2 Roger Ebert Was Amazed That Catwoman Was “Truly Bad” And There Was No Chemistry
Arguably the most famous film reviewer of all time, lots of people have taken Roger Ebert’s opinion about films very seriously over the years. For that reason, the fact that Ebert clearly couldn’t take Catwoman seriously and really didn’t like the film at all says a lot. After initially pointing out his opinion that Halle Berry looked great in Catwoman, Ebert went on to say that “Everything else is unbelievably bad. This is a really bad movie. I mean, there is no chemistry between Benjamin Bratt and Halle Berry. None. None. I mean, it’s a good thing it's PG-13 and the love scene was offscreen because it probably would have been boring.”
1 The Toronto Star And Miami Herald Thought Catwoman Was Crap
When Toronto Stars’ Peter Goddard reviewed Catwoman, he wrote about the movie at some length just like all of his peers. However, when it comes down to it, Goddard’s review can be summed up very simply. “Get out the kitty litter.” Unsurprisingly, Miami Herald’s Connie Ogle had a similar take. “Catwoman doesn't belong on the big screen. It belongs in the litter box or to be scraped off the bottom of our shoes as we head quickly for another theater.”